Drowned in Brother's View
While exercising a horse in the Swan River at West Guildford (W.A.), Allan John Lewis, 29, lost his seat on the animal, and being unable to swim, was drowned in the presence of his…
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Head-to-head Collision. Dreadful Railway Accident. Montreal, Jan. 9
Two Canadian-Pacific railway trains crashed into each other head on at Terrebonne, Quebec, while travelling at full speed. The trains were crowded with passengers,…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Rev. E. F. Waddy Injured
On Tuesday the Rev. E. F. Waddy, one of the masters of the King's school, Sydney, and an inter-State cricketer, was riding on his motorcycle along the Randwick-road, near the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drowning Fatalities in Several States. Died Amidst Applause. Her Last Swim
Seldom does a holiday pass without some accident or other being recorded to mar its pleasure; but the following series of drowning calamities that occurred during New Year…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fell Off a Tram. Retired Railway Officer Injured
Through falling off a tram in Elizabeth street this morning, Mr. Joseph Nichollas, retired railway district engineer for Goulburn, was seriously injured, and had to be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Governor-general's Car. Collision with Tram. Lady at the Wheel. Melbourne
Some excitement was caused in Swanston-street by a collision between a tram and a motor-car. No. 3 car of the Governor-General, which…
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MONTREAL. Tuesday.—Two Canadian-Pacific railway trains crashed into each other head on at Terrebonne, Quebec, while travelling at full speed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late Cable News. Received To-day. Terrible Explosion. Accident at Gun Foundry. Engulfed in Molten Metal. Eight Persons Killed
PARIS, Tuesday Evening.—A terrible accident, resulting in serious loss of life, occurred at the gun foundry at Angouleme, on the Charents River…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fatalities and Accidents. Poisoned by Cyanide
The acting-city coroner held an inquiry into the cause of death of Ernest Frank Williams (about 28), which occurred on January 5, at 54 Palmer-street, Balmain where he was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →To Avoid "Pram" Accidents
It is always dangerous to leave baby-carriages unattended outside shop-doors. The slightest push is likely to start a perambulator down a slanting pavement, with the risk of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sporting Gossip and Anecdotes Cheshire Hunting Accident
Lady Crichton is not nearly so well as was hoped, and she is obliged to remain quietly in the country, says a London paper. It is now more than two years since Lady Crichton met…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Olymtic-hawke Collision
Some of the expenses incurred during the second when H.M.S. Hawke and the mammoth liner Olympic came into collision, will approximate as follows:— Cost of docking and repairing Olympic......£25,000…
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LISMOHE, Wednesday.--The evidence at the inquest held by the Coroner on the body or Walter Brown, drowned at Booyeng, on December 30, showed the deceased dived into a deep…
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Chief Justice Sir William Meredith has been in Toronto to receive suggestions from the various interested Canadian organisations for the proposed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sulky and Tram Collide. Driver Injured
A tram and a sulky collided at the corner of Petersham-street and Parramatta-road, Petersham, this afternoon. The tram caught the rear of the sulky, and jammed it and the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fell Out of a Train. a Boy Badly Injured. Dapto
When the passenger train which left Kiama for Sydney at 8 o'clock this morning was near Bombo a boy fell out of one of the carriages. He was picked up and taken to Kiama for…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Accidentally Shot. Berrigan
A man named Leslie Harbor. while rabbiting yesterday, was accidentally shot in the back by a bullet from a pearifle. He was removed to hospital in a serious condition…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fatal Driving Accident. an Infant Killed. Brewarrina
Whilst driving a sulky from Bourke to Brewarrina, Mrs. J. Anthony and a child, four months old, were thrown from the vehicle. The child fell under-most. Mrs. Anthony…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Knocked Into the Water. Accident at Woolloomooloo
To be struck by a mon[?]er pipe, bumped on to some planking, and hurled into the water, was the experience of a laborer, David Savage, who lives in Willoughby-street, North…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fatalities and Accidents. Sudden Collapse
Whilst walking along Oxford-street, Paddington, yesterday afternoon a middle-aged man, H. J. Bone, of 21 Windsor-street, Paddington, suddenly collapsed opposite the fire…
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